Hinge.



R. W/HUBBARD.

' HINGE.

l APPLICATION-FILED APRA, 1914. l, 1,126,764. l Patented Feu 2, 1915.

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RICHARD W. HUBARD, OF-ASHTABUL, OHIO.

y HINGE.

` Specicatin of Letters Patent.

Application led April 1, 1914. Serial No. 8285898.

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. HUB- BARD, citizen of the United States,residing at Ashtabula, in`the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention pertains to hinges, and it contemplates the provision of atype of hinge for use more particularly on automobile doors, pianos andthe like, where it is desirableV to have thev hinge concealed for the`purpose of neatness and appearance, yet kone which may be readilyremoved and replaced with a new hinge andv this with but a small amountof effort on the part of a person applying the same.

The invention also contemplates the pro.

vision ofl a binge capable of use onr the doors of buildings andespecially lire doors,

and is constructed and arranged so that when the door is closed it willbe snugly held v against the frame and thereby rendered fireproof.

' Other advantageous features of my novel hinge will be readilyunderstood and appreciated from the following description and claimswhen the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying andforming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel hinge applied to a vehicle body andthe door thereof, and showing the door in its open position. Fig. 2 isan elevation of the hinge as applied to a house door, and showing theset screw removed, thereby permitting the door to swing clear aroundagainst the door frame; Fig. 2 showing the side of the hinge opposite tothat shown in Fig. 1,

and also showing the hinge reversed. Fig. 3 .is a section taken in theplane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and showing the manner inwhich my hinge is' secured in a house door and door frame. Fig. 4 is asimilar View taken in the. plane indicated bythe line 4 4 of Fig. 1 andshowing the manner in which my novel hinge is secured in the vehiclebody and door thereof. Fig. 5 is a section showing the hinge, door anddoor frame in a closed position.l Fig.,6 is a section taken on Ithe line6-6of Fig. 5,

- showing the ghinge in closed Aposition as applied to a door and dportframe.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings. i

' Among other features my novel hinge comprises the body members 1 and2, and 3 and 4 are pintles through the medium of which the leaves 5 and6 are pivotally connected to the said body portions 1 and 2. Each of thebody members 1 and 2 are preferably of oval shape in elevation, and areprovided with side walls 7 and 8, and are also provided at their backportions with a plate 9, which plate is secured to the said .bodymembers through the medium of course, do not wish to be limited to thevsame. The plates 9 alle provided with apertures for the reception-ofscrews 10, which screws retain the hinge members in their properpositions in the door 14 and door frame 15. The pintles 3 and 4 takeinto apertures in the upper and lower forwardly extending faces of thebody portion, andare retained in proper position by the said' apertures.l,

The leaves 5 and 6 of my novel hinge are of the ordinary well knownconstruction, being held together through the medium of a pintle 11, andin the face of one of the said leaves is an aperture 12 for thereception of a set or adjusting screw 13, whichfset screw serves a veryimportant function, as willbe noted hereinafter. It will be seen byreference to Fig. 2 that the body portion 2 is also provided with anaperture l1x for the reception of the said set screw 13.

ln the application of my hinge to an automobile, cab, .coach and thelike, where it is desirable to have a hinge that does not show when thedoor is ina closed position, it is simply necessary to bore two holes inthe door 14 and door frame 15, Icut away wood left on either sidebetween the holes, slip the body members l and 2 into the recesses andthen drive the screws 10- home. In doors suh as automobile, cab and thelike, it is desirable that the door )be open only half-way orthereabougand in other hinges for this purpose*"tley""require aleatherstrap or the like in connection with the door and door fran/1e,but with my device it will be seen' Patented Feb. 2, 1915.,

Iii-'that by means of the set screw 13 it is` simply necessary to turnthe same with a screwdriver or the like, so that it will be seated invthe aperture 12 and be received by the aperture 11x a of the bodymember, which will tend to retain the door at a right-angle position tothe frame thereof when the door is in an openfpositiom By simplyloosening the screw the opening can begoverned to a certain extent, andfor this purpose it is also desirable to provide the leaf 5 Iwith abeveled vor swelled portion, the said beveled portion tending to causethe door to open to a slight extent when the set screw l,13 is loosened.L'

, When it is desirable to open a door clear aroundagainst the wall, asin the case of housedoors or metal covered doors used as `fire doors,the set screw is dispensedwith entirely, and the hinge is applied upsidedown which allows the door to swing;r around to a parallel position withthe casing, and

at the same time when the door is closed the crack between the door andthe jamb will be perfectly tight, giving fire no vchance to get throughbetween the edge of the door and the door frame. Thisf'hinge can be usedas well for a double-acting dr as for a single acting door, and by usingone or more leaves 5 in connection with those shown in Fig. 2, I canthrow thel'door clear around against the `wall in eitherdirection. I canalso providey the door with v a spring attachment either to the hinge or35.

the door roper, and in this way make the door selfclosing, and -badjusting' the spring can make it not o., self;closing in eitherdirection, but in ad .'tion y lgk'e 1t a perfect check when thegdoo is to wnlin 40 either direction.

It will be readily ap reciatedi the foregoing that my nove hinge is:compactA and well able to withstand fthe roughusa le to'which hinges ofthis character armeni, s jected, and I wouldalso-haveitffunderstod thatthe hingel can be made Averyv clieaplyw,v

and a plied to a door without the of skille labor.

I would have it 'understood that in the future practice of my inventionsuch changes and modifications may be made as fairly fall within the.scope of the claims appended." `v

Having described my invention, what I -claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is: v

' 1. The combination. with the jamb of a door frame, and a door, of recetacleshaped members open at their outer si es, said members beingsecured in the edges of the jamb and door and arranged `flush with saidedges and one of the members having a'threaded aperture in its bottom,leaves arranged opposite each other and in the same plane and that hasthe threaded aperture in its bottombeing rovided with an aperture oppo-.site said t readed aperture, and a headed screw removably arranged inthe aperture of thevleaf and the threaded aperture of the member.

tacle-shaped member.V y v 4 In testimony'wheref I have hereuntozset theother leaf with its complementary recepmy-ha'nd 'inpresence of' twosubscribing wits.

nesses. A l I I RICHARD' w. HUBBRD. Wimm 75 2. A hinge comprisingreceptacle-shaped c vmembers, and leavesflexiblyconnected tomembe`r,1and means adjustably- .connecting l

